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Sabres at Bruins Preview: Can the giant be felled twice?

The Sabres and Bruins face off again tonight, their second game together in three days. The last time they played the last place Sabres beat the not-last-place Bruins 4-2 thanks to big efforts from Marcus Foligno, Brian Flynn, and even a goal from Drew Stafford (I know!)

Tonight, the Sabres will have to face Boston again without Cody Hodgson, who will be out for a few weeks thanks to an upper body injury suffered on Thursday. The newly acquired Linus Omark will take his place, though Ted Nolan would not say where.

It’s Sabres/Bruins, Part II, tonight in Boston.

Game #36

Buffalo Sabres (9-23-3) vs. Boston Bruins (23-10-2)

Puck Drop – 7:00pm EST – TD Garden – Boston, MA
TV
– MSG, Bell, NESN | Radio – WGR 550-AM
SBNation Bruins Blog
Stanley Cup of Chowder

Two Questions

1. Linus Omark will make his Buffalo Sabres debut tonight. How will he fare?
It’s a stretch to expect Omark to make a huge impact tonight in his first game wearing blue and gold, but

2. Tuukka Rask has been surprisingly awful in his career against Buffalo. Will the Sabres continue to haunt his dreams?
Rask is 0-4-1 in his last five contests against the Sabres, with a 4.25 GAA to boot. And the Sabres did score 4 goals in their last game. Hmm….

Projected BUF Lines

Matt Moulson – Tyler EnnisZemgus Girgensons
Ville LeinoSteve OttDrew Stafford
Linus Omark – Marcus Foligno – Matt D’Agostini
John ScottBrian Flynn – Kevin Porter

Christian Ehrhoff Alex Sulzer
Henrik TallinderTyler Myers
Jamie McBainMike Weber

Goal: Ryan Miller

Scratches/Injuries: Ellis, McCormick, Ruhwedel, Grigorenko

Projected BOS Lines

Milan LucicDavid KrejciJarome Iginla
Reilly SmithPatrice BergeronBrad Marchand
Carl SoderbergRyan SpoonerNick Johnson
Jordan CaronGregory CampbellCraig Cunningham

Zdeno CharaJohnny Boychuk
Dennis SeidenbergTorey Krug
Matt BartkowskiDavid Warsofsky

Tuukka Rask
Chad Johnson

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